The Little Tin Soldier
1965 · Hickory 45-1375 · UK: Scotland
- Artist
- Donovan
- Title
- The Little Tin Soldier
- Release
- The Little Tin Soldier / Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Hickory # 45-1375
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- UK: Scotland
- Songwriter
- Shawn Phillips
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — European Songs
UK/US. Anti-war allegory written by Shawn Phillips; Donovan's Hickory single, the US coupling from the Fairytale album.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
US Hickory promotion copy 45-1375 (matrix 45-F-PY153), white promo label, Manger Music Co. Inc. BMI, 2:58, "(Shawn Phillips)", "A Pye Records U.K. Recording", Hickory Records Inc., Nashville, Tenn. Shawn Phillips's anti-war allegory of a tin soldier, recorded by Donovan for the UK Pye LP "Fairytale" (1965) and issued as a US single by Hickory. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1960s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here Me Now", "Universal Soldier", and "The War Drags On". He also had two original compositions: "Ballad of a Crystal Man" (1966), and "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" (1969).
Themes
Anti-War · Toy Soldier · Peace
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]